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R?da's orange'75 242 DL

Råda

Volvoretard/Partshoarder
Joined
Jan 6, 2010
Location
Örebro, Sweden
Might as well make a thread about my project 242.

Bought the car april 2013, I had been wanting an unmolested 1975 242 for some time. And this showed up. Favorite '75 color along with the pea green. But the 113 orange has the great advantage of having the awesomest interior.

Original plan was to keep it stock because it was in "good condition" :lol:

Plans now is:
Fix the small amount of remaining rust
Repaint in 113 orange.
Replace the B20 with LS1. Might go with a B230FT for starters, Depends on funds
Some cool wheels


First pics I took:

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The rest of 2013 was mostly driving and maintenance

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2014 was almost no driving.


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I've started with some rust fixing. And excuse my welds, this is the first time I've held a welder.

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This is where I am right now. We'll see when it will make progress again
 
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J?kligt fin bil. Tyv?rr verkar det n?st intill om?jligt att f? 240 godk?nd med LS-motor i Sverige. M?jligtvis kan det g? om du anv?nder n?gon av de allra klenaste "truck"-motorerna, viktar ner bilen rej?lt och SFRO-besiktigar som ombyggt fordon.

Eller s? besiktigar man med Cheva 262, byter till LS1 och hoppas att ingen m?rker. :-P
 
J?kligt fin bil. Tyv?rr verkar det n?st intill om?jligt att f? 240 godk?nd med LS-motor i Sverige. M?jligtvis kan det g? om du anv?nder n?gon av de allra klenaste "truck"-motorerna, viktar ner bilen rej?lt och SFRO-besiktigar som ombyggt fordon.

Eller s? besiktigar man med Cheva 262, byter till LS1 och hoppas att ingen m?rker. :-P

I'm not too worried, I will find a way to make the swap approved :-P
Yes, it will be "ombyggt fordon" anyways when it comes to the LS swap.
 
That is an amazing color combo. I don't think I could deal with driving it, but it sure is cool to look at it. Keep up the good work!
 
Sweet. Your weldings looks legit by the way. Not a lot who don't end up with a warped door sheet after welding patches in it.
 
I really like the door pouches as opposed to plastic door buckets that tend to bust, i've been planning on trying to do something similar to my car since my map pockets are split so it's comforting to see Volvo was ahead of me.

Awesome old 242! Good to see you learning to do bodywork and weld, I want to get there eventually myself.
 
Thanks guys! :)


Don't put non-volvo engine to this awesome car!

I'd do an N/A 16v conversion with twin weber carbs. Easy 200HP, and damn fun to rev the hell out of it. :-D
With a M90 box of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1va5mOcxHU

Anyways, good work!

Thanks, but no Volvo engine in this. I can get another car for that :-P

Is that your hobby garage? I like the wipers on the headlights.

It's the garage at my moms place. I have no own garage yet sadly :( so garage space is what will determine the progress of this build.
 
Nice car, interesting restauration

I have also an orange 242DL 75 M41 fuel inj M41 unfortunatly without orange trim with stripes but always trying to fond ones
 
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